Your Business Quest

Guess what’s coming just around the corner?

Apart from Santa clambering down your chimney!

All the people, e-mails, social media posts asking …..

‘What’s your goals for 2020?’

‘What New Year’s Resolutions are you going to set?’

‘Have you started planning for the new year?’

Is that a bad thing? 

No … well apart from the New Year’s Resolutions ones because who really sets & achieved them in reality?

As a performance & mindset coach for professional business owners, of course goal settings & focus is part of my DNA & toolkit.

But before you jump straight into that ….. do yourself a favour & give yourself the biggest gift possible.

By take proper quality time to reflect upon the past year; celebrate the big & small wins & learn from what didn’t quite go according to your grand masterplan.

To help you do this, I’ve shared my top 7 questions below. (You can use them at any time of the year!)

1. What are you most proud of achieving or experiencing in the last year?
2. What went even better than you expected or thought?
3. What didn't go quite as planned or as expected? What can you learn from this that will help you moving forward?
4. What was your 'word' or theme for the past year? How did that show up for you?
5. What advice would you give to your best friend, if they've just had your past year?
6. How did you play to your entrepreneurial superpower & where did you experience the most flow & ease in the past year?
7. What patterns do you notice that happened again in the past year?

Once you’ve done that, I’ll be back with you at the start of the year, to make sure you’re really setting yourself up for even more success.

I truly wish you a magical Christmas & holiday time.

Until next time …. Enjoy & have a toffee nut latte for me … cheers J

Best wishes

Osmaan

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here. Or e-mail me at [email protected]

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He’s here!!

Little Zakariya joined the Sharif family just over 2 weeks ago & he’s already growing up so quickly!

In between the fun times of cuddles; countless nappy changes & a few sleepless nights, we’ve managed to watch some TV.

Including binging on season 1 of The Crown & getting sucked into watching I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here.

But it wasn’t wasted time, because I found 7 key lessons from seeing what the celebrities were doing in the jungle that can help you in your business.

In this week’s podcast, I’ll bring them to life for you … including why ‘clearly fame isn’t everything’ (said in Professor Snape’s voice).

So tune in today to see how you can stop yourself from screaming …. ‘get me out of here’ during those times that you’re finding it tough being an entrepreneur.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here. Or e-mail me at [email protected]

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There’s 148,000,000 websites that pop up when you type in ‘To be wealthy’ in good old Google.

Compare that to 803,000,000 results for ‘Don’t want to be poor’.

What does that tell you?

Many more people focus on the negative instead of the positive!

That’s truly scary because your mind is just like a search engine. So what are you asking your internal Google, Alexa or Siri?

Be honest, when you’re talking or speaking to yourself in your head (don’t worry … we all do it), is your focus more on what you want to happen vs. what you don’t want to happen?

How is that impacting your results & business growth?

In this week’s short podcast episode, I’ll bring to life even more about the power of being deliberate & more selective with your focus.

You’ll hear me share some real-life stories about some of the common ways business owners are sabotaging their success …. without even realising it.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here. Or e-mail me at [email protected]

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Technology … I absolutely love it!

I’m like a kid in a sweetie shop when I walk inside an Apple Store.

Remember the days of dial up internet … or even no internet!! How did we ever live & seriously how did businesses operate without technology?

But you know something, gadgets & new shiny things can also get in our way & negatively impact our business.

You heard me right … sometimes we think that we need to go all ‘fancy pants’ to grow your business & can abandon the ‘old school’ ways that were working well for us.

In today’s podcast episode, I’ll share some real-life examples of how technology risked slowing growth down for me & my clients.

You’ll also get to hear why my client last week said, ‘Osmaan, you sound just like my wife!’, when I was helping him focus on short term business strategy.

After you tune in, I’m sure you’ll start to fall back in love with some of those basics that could still work really well for you.

You’ll also see why I’m definitely not anti-technology or against moving with the times. I’m the first one to freak out when the internet goes down for even a few minutes!! But it’s definitely about striking the balance.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here. Or e-mail me at [email protected]

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My heart would start to race whilst tucking into my Weetabix every Monday morning, in the Marks & Spencer staff canteen.

Because I knew that I’d soon be stuck in a long commercial meeting with all the store management team.

Why did I hate it so much? Because the meeting was focused upon sales figures & numbers.

And I’d stare at the massive spreadsheet in front of me trying to make sense of what it all meant & especially the numbers that I needed to report on, like absence rates & costs.

I couldn’t quite understand why I had that reaction week in & week out …. because I got great grades in Maths at school & even studied Maths in the first year of university.

I only figured it out when I went on my first NLP course. 

Guess where it stemmed from …. from one event when I was a little boy & couldn’t quite get my head around a something to do with money.

In that memory, I then heard myself say ‘ohh this just doesn’t make sense’ & felt really stupid.

And that one event had a ripple effect from that moment on. Especially when it came to all things to do with money & numbers that related to commercial figures … like sales & targets!

I was carrying around emotional baggage from the past & not even realising the impact it was having on me in terms of my role in business.

So why I am sharing this with you?

Because I see emotional baggage from the past getting in the way for so many business owners …. and they don’t realise it!

But the good news is that it’s pretty easy to let go of, so it stops having such a negative impact on you & your business.

In this week’s podcast episode, I dive into this in more detail for you.  You’ll get to hear just how much your mind is working on autopilot & using your past to determine your current reality & then as a result …. your future.

You’ll get to see practical ways to realise if you may have some past emotional baggage lurking away in the background but is holding you & your business back. Plus how you can kiss goodbye to it.

The good news is that I get excited about all things to do with sales figures & targets now … especially when I see my clients smash their targets.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here. Or e-mail me at [email protected]

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Resistance.

Yeah it can feel like a pain in the rear end & that it’s slowing you down.

But be thankful when it shows up for you, because it really can be a good thing.

The thing is, it wants and needs your attention.

If you just ignore it, guess what will end up happening … it won’t just be that tiny whisper or nagging feeling anymore, it’ll show up shouting & screaming in different ways.

Why does it happen?

Often it’s to tell you that enough is enough, you’re now coasting & it’s time for some change.

Or to remind you that even though you’re on the right track, you don’t have to make business or life this hard & can do things differently.

It could be because you’re scared of it not working …. or ironically scared of it actually working!

Resistance is a complicated beast, but when you know how to listen to it, you can tame it & truly benefit from it.

So in this week’s podcast episode, I share practical ways for you to really get under the skin of what your resistance is trying to tell you & them importantly what to do with it.

From my own personal experience, it’s been the times of resistance that has led me to doing what I’m doing right now ….. but I also kick myself when I think back to how much I resisted or tried to ignore it in the past. (I share more about this on the podcast).

Enjoy & I hope you enjoy dancing with your resistance in the future instead of trying to play hide & seek!

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here.

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Scrolling …. scrolling …. scrolling & more scrolling!

Jumping from Facebook to Instagram to LinkedIn … to Whatsapp … back to Facebook to Instagram again to Snapchat …then you find yourself on  YouTube. .. ‘Oh what a cute & funny cat’!

How much is that 'lost' time really costing you?

It’s not just social media (& I’ve got nothing against it – as I do love it in many ways) but we’re often wasting so much of our time, don’t you think?

But then we can often think that we have to do everything in our business, because it will save money or we’re the best to do it. Is that really true? 

Because what’s it actually costing you to be doing those things?

Once you calculate your REAL hourly rate, I’m sure you’ll get a shock!

Then you’ll start to really question how you’re spending your time, because you can see if it’s ‘worth it’ when you think about it in terms of hard cash!

In this week’s podcast episode, I’ll help you to figure out what your hourly rate is & how it can help you to start saying NO to things &. YES to the right things.

For me, it helped me see the real cost of having random coffees & meetings! So I’m much more choosier about who & what I say YES too!

Let me know how this resonates with you & if your real hourly rate is being spent in the best way for you currently.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here.

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Remember Goldilocks … her bed was too hard, her porridge was too hot & then her chair was too high.

Then her bed was too soft, her porridge was too cold & her chair too small.

After that, she got it spot on!

Was she just being really fussy & high maintenance or was it good for her to get it just right?

I see this happening all the time with business owner, when they set goals.

They can either set them in a way that makes life more challenging that it needs to be & it ends up totally putting a strain on them.

Or they can make them so easy, that they can make it happen with their eyes closed. That keeps them just coasting along & their business just stagnating.

But when they hit that sweet spot … of it stretching them but not straining them … it’s just right.

In this week’s podcast episode, I’ll bring this to life even more for you with practical ways for you to make sure your current & future goals are put through the 'Goldilocks' test.

Cause I want you to smash your goals & enjoy the journey too.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here.

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‘If I HAVE more ____, then I can DO more _____ & then BE more _____’

Ever said or felt that?

You know …

‘If I have more sales, then I can do more marketing & then be more successful.’

‘If I have more time, then I can do more ‘stuff’ & then be a better & happier business owners’

'If I have less fat, then I can be less tired & then be more full of life'

But what would happen if you completely spin the order of that around?

Start with BE, then DO & as a results HAVE more!

After all we’re human beings rather than human 'doers' right?

In this week’s podcast episode, I’ll bring to life how transformative this shift can be … in terms of both your mindset & the actions you take … or the things you don’t do.

Tune in & start spinning things around from today.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here.

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When I started my business, I spent weeks sitting in Starbucks in Canary Wharf working on a 30+ page business plan.

I felt like I was really ‘working’ but in reality, I was wasting time. Because a lot of what I was plugging into my business plan, was just guess work & had no substance behind it.

And fast forward over 12 years later, my business journey has not reflected that business plan in reality.

Being a business owner means there’s always so many unknowns, which is why I both love & hate the world of business at the same time.

So does that mean you should just do no planning at all?

Nope … please don’t do that!

But to make real & consistent progress, you’re going to have to get used to walking that tightrope of being able to move forward without having all the answers.

In today’s podcast episode, I’ll share practical ways for you to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable. It will mean you don’t waste your time & energy going on that loop of trying to figure out everything & as a result, just stay stuck or even worse going backwards.

Remember business is far from being picture perfect & smooth sailing, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be fun & rewarding at the same time.

Enjoy tuning into the podcast & as always, I’d love to hear what resonates with you.

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Here’s the extra links & resources for this episode:

* Feeling stuck or wanting to see if a coach can help you grow your business? Book in for a free 15 minute virtual cuppa call with me here.

* Thinking of being part of my next 90 day Rapid Transformation Mastermind group?

* What is your Entrepreneurial Superpower? Find out which of the 8 Wealth Dynamics profiles you are more aligned with?

*Discover which business growth block is holding you back by taking this free quiz.

* Join the FREE Facebook Group to access other resources & connect with like-minded business owners here: www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/facebook.

* Connect with me on LinkedIn; Instagram & on my Facebook Page here.

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